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2009-10 Executive Budget

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Prescription for Pennsylvania



 

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Pennsylvania has made progress on many of the recommendations in Prescription for PA – Governor Rendell’s comprehensive blueprint for improving access, quality and affordability of health care. Among the most notable accomplishments are:

  • Enacting the country’s toughest legislation to reduce the state’s $3.5 billion in unnecessary health care spending resulting from health care acquired infections.

  • Redesigning the way care is delivered to individuals with chronic conditions in the nation’s most cutting edge and comprehensive initiative.

  • Ensuring that health care practitioners are permitted to practice to the full extent of their training, in order to better use medical resources.

  • Reducing medical malpractice claims by half since 2003 and reducing the cost medical malpractice insurance.

  • Allowing parents to keep dependent children on their health insurance polices at their expense until the children turn 30.
  • Enacting a statewide indoor smoking ban.

  • Prohibiting health care providers to charge for never events.

  • Allowing employees of small businesses who lose their jobs to continue receiving their health insurance at their expense for up to nine months through expansion of federal COBRA coverage.
  • Creating the Pennsylvania Center for Health Careers and the Health Careers Leadership Council to address health care workforce issues, including shortages and lack of diversity. The Council is an initiative of the Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Board.

In the coming year, we will continue to press for:

The Governor’s goal is that every resident of the commonwealth have access to the quality affordable health care they want, need and deserve.

Continuing our efforts to make health care more transparent we have compiled a list of resources providing cost and quality information. Check it out here

Need help now? There are many health care services and programs available to you and your family whether you have health insurance or not. Many of them are free (if you meet certain income requirements) or the amount of the charge is based upon your income. Check it out here
 

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